The small town of Pinon, NM is located in 88344 and has a population of just over 500 people. It is an unincorporated community, so there are no local political candidates. The citizens of Pinon are mainly focused on maintaining the tight-knit community and making sure their small town remains a safe and pleasant place to live. On election days, people from 88344 travel to nearby towns to cast their ballots for state and federal elections. People from Pinon pay close attention to the local news outlets to keep up with current events and politics so they can make informed decisions when they vote in larger elections. The smaller scale politics in 88344 are usually focused around keeping taxes low and supporting initiatives that will benefit the town as a whole, such as volunteer programs and preserving open spaces for recreation.
The political climate in Zip 88344 (Pinon, NM) is moderately conservative.
Otero County, NM is strongly conservative. In Otero County, NM 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otero county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.6% to 36.0%.
Otero county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 88344 (Pinon, NM) is moderately conservative.
Pinon, New Mexico is moderately conservative.
Otero County, New Mexico is strongly conservative.
Alamogordo Metro Area is strongly conservative.
New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Pinon, New Mexico: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 88344 (Pinon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $975 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)